Spike and tie-plate.



PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

* W. GOLDIE, JR.

SPIKE ANDTIEPLATE.

APPLICATION FILED' MA Y 6, 1907.

. means for holding an, ordinaryfiat faced tie to be a ear, and exact description thereof. v

"UNITED STATES PATENT F CE; r

. ILLIAM Germa n, F BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

SPIKE AND na sugss's 1 Specification of Letters Patent. Application flied-na e, 1007. Serial no. 312,110.

TIE-PLATE.

, Patented intimate.

To all whontit may concern;

and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Spikes, and Tie-. Plates; and I do here-by declare the following My inventionrelates to tie plates its obect being to provide a simple and efficient 'plate,- which isthe cheapest form of tie plate made totthe tie, and thus reduce the. co'stof manufacture asflcompared with tie plates h'av'in In suc integral pronged tie plate the Icostof prongs formed integral therewith.

manufacture has been excessive; first on ac count of the peculiar shape of the late to be rhlled; and further on account 0 the great waste-of metal because continuous flanges must-be rolled on the under surface of the plate and these flanges cut-out'to form the prongs and the prongs subsequently shar ened. I It has also been found impractical) e such construction as hereafter setforth. v It consists in a tie plate having one-or to form the prongs any distance 1n from the side edges, on account of thedifiiculty of rolling and the difficulty of sharpening the prongs though arong located directly under the rail willo tain a stron er and firmer hold. The present invention as advantages over,

I more grooves extending across its u' p'er face "and a slot or slots extending down rom the groove or grooves through the plate, and a tie pin-adapted to lie-driven through the slot into'the tie and provided with a head which is seatedfwithin the 7 therein by the rail,

a perspective View of the tie plate;

rail and-tie venti'onr roove and heldin place tlie pin head-correspond.- ing in shape to the groove and filling the, -same.

. In the accompanying drawings FFigur'e is 1g. 21s a like view of the'tie pin; Fig. 3 is a side view of the ,tie pin; and Fig. 4 is 'a cross section of a plate illustrating the use of'the in- "In the accompanying'drawing the rail 1 rests upon the'tie plate 2 which in turn rests on the'tie- 3. The tie plate preferably'has '-the shoulder 4 rolled thereon to receive the later'al thrust of the rail and it is also provided on itsupper face with the one or more grooves 5 which as shown extend-lon itudinally of the rail parallel to the'shou der 4.

Platcsof section can be rapidly and tendency to bending or portion 9,wh1ch has t V cuttiligt cheaply rolled, and tocomplete them uires only the cutting of the 'l'at'es to length t e punching of the spike ho e 6 'thereiiianf i punching-in the'groove or grooves 5f ofone'ormore pin holes 7 ac'cordin ito the numberfof, pins desired for holding t e tie plateto tie. The tie pin 8 am loyed has the had! lie t'a el'ing point 10 provided'with the cutting e gas 11, it being .preferrecLthatthese tie pins shall be made thin and wide so as to obtain a wide bearing upon the plate itself and upon the tie into w ich they are'driven in order to resist lateral thrust of th'e'rail upon the; tie plate. These tie ins have above the -hody ortion. the \hea s 12 which comes ond in s ape to the glriooves 5 in theiupper ace of the tie plate so a t at when the pins. are driven to place they; 'are'seatedentiriely within that groove and they also fill thfe'grooveso as to close the.

the la'te on account of the thinnin thereof in t "e formation of the groove. tie pins c'a'n be very; cheaply and rapidly made 30 "y rollin 'a'bar of the section shown and fiesame to thedesired width of pin and then-shearing the pindiagonally in. the drectitin i its plength to formthe cutting e es.--

- nlthe usefof- 'tlie'invention the'tie plates ares'et'up'on the tie, b'ein spaced to give the exact'j 'age're ired, an the ms, one or more, 'are'gnven t rou h the in oles in the i botto'ni ofijthe 'lates, eing riven down so that'their head are fully seated. within the longitudinal groove or grooves 5 of the plate sosectinng-the plate to the tie. Aft-er the rail has been placed upon the tie plate it is spiked to the tie in the usual way and as it rests directly upon the tie pins 8 it holds the same in place, so bindin the tie late passing train; As the hold of the tie plate upon the tie is independent of the s kes, and directly-under t e rail, a much 'meif hold is obtained than in the casc of pro i which are set out beyond the' portion of t e 'tieplate on which the railbears. Thesc'pms can also be made of greater length than the ordinary prong integral with the plate, andbetter cutting edg'escan beobtained on them, so that a much firmer hold of the tie late to the tie is obtained. As the pin eads 12 when driven to place fill the grooves 5 it is evident that the{ resist an? possible .uckling o e plate same-and resist anytendency to buckling in a to the tie by the weight of t e rail an the i I A e from the groove through the plate, and a tie in size to the groove in t'he'tie and in carrying the load on the rail. Conse the tie and heviu its head. seated in the 1 uently, an exceedingly stroni, simple and groove in the tie p ate. 21m tie 1plate construction is t us provided. 3. The combination witha mil and tie, a 20 at claim is: tie. plate having a, grooveextending across 1. .In combination with the rail and tie, :1 its upper face, a slot extending down frofn tie plate a groove extending across -the groove througttjthe plate, end'a tie pin "-its up'pel" face and wlthin the bearing surface adapted to bedrlven throu h the slot into covered by the rail, 2. slot extending down thetie and having its hea corrtzisfilondirfig 25 'n t e i pin adapted to be dnven through the slot same.

Y mto the tie and having its head seated m the In testimony-whereof, Ifthe said WILLIAM groovIe in the) late.- h th l GOLDIE, Jr., have hereunto set my hand.- 2. neom mation wit erai an tie, a g I h yjng g gal-08$ JUNR- l 5 its upper facet-f n slotextending' down from Witnesses:

the grooveqthrongh-the plate lint I'fntie pin J. OQHEWITT, adapted to be dnvfin through thejslot' intos Vz Prtnunn 

